Two New Orcas and a Chick Book

Here's what landed on my desk this morning:

The Key to the Golden Firebird by Maureen Johnson has 3 teenage sisters trying to cope with their father's sudden death.

These are both from Orca Publishers. Both the Orca Currents and Orca Soundings series' are great for reluctant readers, or readers who need a lower reading level, but want a more mature, involved storyline. They do a really good job of make the books short and the vocabulary at a lower level, while at the same time not dumbing down the story.

Pigboy by Vicki Grant has a class field trip going badly awry, when a burglar strikes and wants to eliminate all witnesses to the crime. The class nerd has the opportunity to become an unlikely hero.

Tell by Norah McClintock - When David's stepfather is murdered, David becomes a suspect. The police questioning brings out family mysteries and secrets including the earlier death of David's brother under suspicious circumstances.

More Sequels and Series

Just when I think I'm getting caught up listing the new books coming in more pour in. Good for you, cause it's more good stuff coming in, but it keeps me hopping. What hit my desk today was more series and sequels.

The Last Days by Scott Westerfeld, is the sequel to Peeps. Vampires, a mysterious epidemic, a rock band, and the possibility of a catastrophic end of the world. What more could you want?

Dragon and Slave by Timothy Zahn is the 3rd in the Dragonback series. Jack and Draycos face a sinister intergalactic slavemaster.

The Lion Throne by Jennifer Roberson is a compilation of books 7 and 8 of the Chronicles of Cheysuli.

New Sequels and Series Installments

Continuing that list of new stuff, here are the latest installments in some series' as well as some sequels.

Things Hoped For by Andrew Clements is a sequel to Things Not Seen.

Crispin: At the Edge of the World by Avi is the sequel to Crispin: The Cross of Lead.

The Key by Marianne Curley is the latest in the Guardians of Time series, which started with The Named and The Dark.

Valentine Princess by Meg Cabot is the latest in the Princess Diaries series, with Mia rereading her account of her first Valentine's Day with Michael.

Quest of the Fair Unknown by Gerald Morris is the latest in the Squire's Tales series. This one has Beaufil receiving deathbed instructions from his mother to find his father, a knight of King Arthur's round table.

The Prophet of Yonwood by Jeanne DuPrau is the prequel to The City Of Embers and The People of Sparks, taking place 50 years before the establishment of Ember.

Girl Nearly 16, Absolute Torture by Sue Limb picks up where Girl 15, Charming But Insane left off with Jess's plans for a summer with Fred being interrupted by a road trip with her mother, her granny, and the ashes of her grandfather.

More New Stuff

Continuing that list of new stuff coming in, check these out:

Niko No Tabi, Book 1 of the Beautiful World by Keiichi Shiqusawa is in! I really liked this one. For my review see What Mrs N's Been Reading: Kino No Tabi

Two war-related books:

An Innocent Soldier by Josef Holub has a young boy tricked into fighting in the Napoleonic Wars in place of his employer's son.

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by Joseph Boyne has the son of a Nazi officer befriending a "boy in striped pajamas."

Tons of New Stuff

Wow! Lots of new books are pouring in from my first order of the year. So many, in fact, that I'll list them over the next several days in a series of postings, with a lot less information than usual just to get them out.
Here goes....

For horror fans:
House Next Door and Blood Brothers (#3 in The Unseen series) both by Richie Tankersley Cusick.

Troy by Adele Geras is an account of the final weeks of the Trojan War from the perspective of the women of Troy.
Not the End of the World by Geraldine McCaughrean is the Biblical story of the ark told from the point of view of Noah's family.

Chick books:
Royally Jacked by Niki Burnham.
6X: The Uncensored Confessions by Nina Malkin.
Forever in Blue by Ann Brashares (the latest in the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series.)
Parallel Parking by Natalie Standiford (the latest in The Dating Game series.)
Bras and Broomsticks by Sarah Mlynowski is for old Sabrina fans.

More later.